" ("People's Mojahedin Homepage") But the U.S. countered that from 1972-1975, the MEK, engaged in a campaign of bombing which damaged targets such as Shell Oil Company, Pan Am Airlines, and other organizations. The MEK also formed the National Liberation Army of Iran in 1987, and fought alongside the Iraqis. In 1994, several news organizations reported that the MEK was responsible for a number of attacks against oil pipelines inside of Iran, and they were thought to have been responsible for another 25 attacks against other targets. The Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 empowers the Secretary of State to designate an organization as a foreign terrorist organization if it fulfills three requirements: being foreign, engaging in terrorist activities, and that activity threatens either the United States or its security. Although the court admitted that the designation of the MEK as...

("People's Mojahedin v. U.S.) The court specifically stated that they were not deciding if the Secretary was correct in the designation, only if the statute had been followed. In the end the court ruled that the Secretary of State had followed the law and they refused "to set aside either designation." ("People's Mojahedin v. U.S.") the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran, as well as the LTTE, remained on the list of foreign terrorist organizations.